# The Greater London Authority Elections (Amendment) Rules 2012, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
These Rules are made under the Representation of the People Act 1983. They amend the Greater London Authority Elections Rules 2007. Specifically they amend the Constituency Members Election Rules in Schedules 1 and 5, the London Members Election Rules in Schedules 2 and 6, and the Mayoral Election Rules in Schedules 3 and 7 to the Greater London Authority Elections Rules 2007, which all make provision in connection with the conduct of elections for the Greater London Authority.
Rule 2 amends rule 6 (Modifications to the combined Rules where votes are counted manually) of the GLA Elections Rules to clarify that the modification provisions are set out in Schedule 8 (Combined Manual Count Rules) to those rules.
Rule 3 amends the Constituency Members Election Rules so as to make provision for candidates jointly representing two or more parties to be able to request a registered emblem to appear against the candidate’s particulars on the ballot paper. Rule 3 also corrects an error by removing references to “first preference” votes which are not used in the electoral system for Constituency Member Elections.
Rule 4 similarly amends the London Members Election Rules to correct an error by removing references to “first preference” votes which are not used in the electoral system for London Member Elections.
Rule 5 amends the Mayoral Election Rules to clarify that each voter may only subscribe to the nomination paper of one standing candidate in a Mayoral election, and that nomination papers that contain inoperative subscriptions within the required 330 are to be deemed invalid. Additionally Rule 5 corrects an error by removing certain references to “ballot paper” and replacing them with the correct phrase “nomination paper”. Rule 5 also makes provision for candidates jointly representing two or more parties to be able to request a registered emblem to appear against the candidate’s particulars on the ballot paper. Finally, Rule 5 corrects an error by replacing a reference to “Combined Constituency Members Election Rules” with a reference to “Constituency Members Election Rules”.
Rule 6 amends the Mayoral Election Rules in Schedule 3 to correct a typographical error by removing an inaccurate reference to rule 57(6).
Rule 7 revokes and replaces the existing Forms 1, 2 and 3 in Schedule 10 of the Greater London Authority Elections Rules 2007. These are nomination forms to be used by Constituency Member and London Member (individual) Candidates, London Member (Party List) Candidates, and Candidates to be Mayor of London respectively. The forms have been replaced so as to clarify the language used and to bring it closer into line with that used in the relevant parts of the Greater London Authority Elections Rules 2007.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/198/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-elections-amendment-rules-2012/note
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